Hog waterer



June 8 1926.,

- R. G. PETERSON Hoe wATERE-R Filed March 20, 1925 lljateiatad .lune S, 1926.

REUBN G. PETERSON, OF wVERE!SSIlVfSi-'JGEN' SPRINGS, `SG'ITH DAKOTA..

HOG WATEREIL amaca-mn mea narenszaiszs. semaine .165988.

This `invention relates` to devices Ifor .supplying vdrinking -Water to hogs and. other stock, and more particularly to devices :specially :adapted :for hogs; `andit consists in the novel Vconstruction and `ciornbinatiion oit the parts `1hereinafter fully described and claimed and in which fthe drinking :trough isinclosed in the supply tank andis suppliedfvvitii .Waterv from `the tank automati-` cally `as vthewrater is .consumed by `the :aniiin'als.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical eeetion through a hog Waterer constructed accordingtoithis invention.. 2 is a plan view taken in section on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a. longitudinal section through the air vessel taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.

' This device is similar in operation to that of a device for which I have filed an applica tion on March 27, 1924, Serial Number y2"O2233, and in which application the operation is fully explained. A tank 5 for a supply of drinking Water is provided, and is preferably cylindrical in form. The top of the tank is closed by a removable cover 6, which is preferably slidable, and is conical in form so as to shed the rain. The tank 4is supplied With Water from a pump through im a pipe T which projects through an opening in the cover. The cover can be slid upon the top of the tank Whenever it is necessary to break ice on the top of the Water.

A drinking trough 8 for the animals is provided and is preferably rectangular in cross-section, and it is arranged in an inclined position inside the tank with its upper and open end secured to the side of the tank around a drinking opening 9. An airV vessel 10 is secured in the lower part of the drinking trough, and is `formed of a cylin dri-cal pipe the end portions of which are secured in holes in the sides of the drinking trough, and are closed by caps 12 and 14 on its ends which project into the supply tank. TWO flexible hose pipes 15 and 16 are pro.

vided, and preferably have coils 15 and 16 in their middle portions, but these coils may beomitted if the hose pipes are suiiiciently 50 flexible to Work Well Without them. Thev hose pipe 15 is for air, and one end of it is connected to a nozzle 17 on the upper part of the cap 12 so that it may communicate With the air space of the air vessel. The other hose pipe 16 is for Water, and one end or" it :iswonnected to a nozzle 1S on theother cap 51.'1 so that it .communicates With the Water spaeeof the air vessel. The position oilthe Water-nozzle 1-8 `is notiinportant, but it is V.inadefof much larger area than the air nozzleil'. The air vessel has an outlet opening or hole .20 in `its lower side which communicates with the Water -`space* of the edrnking trough. A plate or false bottoni 21 `is placedover Athe air fvessel in the drinking troujgh to` facilitate cleaning out Lthe latter.

An inlet chamber 24 is arranged insidethe suppl-ytank, preferably radially of its center and crosswiseofthedrinking trough. This inlet chamber is preferably formed of a piece of pipe closed at each end. The inner end portion of the chamber 24 nearest the drinking trough has an inlet hole 25 in its lower side, and this inlet hole is of predetermined sinall size. The other and outer end portion of the chamber has a nozzle 26 which has a liexible air pipe l5 secured to it. A second nozzle 27 is formed on the chamber 24 out of line With the nozzle 26 and not so near the outer eiid of the chainbei' as the air nozzle. The small area of the connections of the air pipe afford a restricted passage compared With that of' the Water pipe, and thereby aid the air pipe in functioning properly.

The outer end portion of the inlet chamber 24 operates as an air vessel, and the air pipe 15 connects the air spaces of the tivo air vessels. A float 30 is secured by a lexble connection or chain 31 to the outer end portion of the inlet chamber 2l. The normal high level of the Water in the tank is adj usted by varying the length ofthe chain 31.

The Water in the drinking trough which is exposed to the air is hindered from freezing because the drinking trough is inclosed in the supply tank which is closed, and which holds a large body of water which is supplied to it by the pump at a temperature above that of the atmosphere. The tank can also have earth banked up around it, or be provided with or formed of heat insulating material to hinder the escape of heat from the Water.

The air vessel 10 compensates for slight variations in the level of the Water in the drinking trough 8. 1When the tank is Jfull the outer end portion of the inlet chamber is raised by the ioat, and the Water in the inlet chamber oii'ers a resistance to the up- Wairdfdpasrsage of 'waterffthrough' the Vsmall inlet hole- 25, This resistance-is Variediby the float vin proportion to the height ofi-'the Y' -Water'in thertank, andrbe'comfes less aestheheight'o the Water -inl the tankeis diminished,

pso that thesupply of Water'V to' the drinking '73; trough svregultted automatically." l

p BAW/'hat claim is: Y

- L In; a hog Waterer, a. supply frtan'kfa,` 'drinkingiwtrough arranged in tl iesupply tank, a pipe Vsemiredin 4the lowerfpart "of:

the drfinlringftrough with its endsprojecting'into the lSupplytank, Vsaid pipe lhaving l an outlet whichl VcommunieatesyWithV theV` drinkingtrough, ekible'pipee connected to! vthe projecting vends` of thewsaid pipe atonef end, 'an inlet ohainberlmving 'onefend'porl tion'ICon'neote'dV tothe free.V ends of therfflexfV ibleipipes endhaving ein -inletfopeningia't itsv other end, Yandvv a, float' connected .to the A -same end of-the' inletehaniber aS the flexible 11 Pipes?? Y yi' 2" j i i i i '7" 2. A' hog Waterer me:setjorthinl-claim l,

` thel said' 'drinking trough; being providedjv l Signature Ywith a false bottoneV arranged over the pipe 25- seeuredfin its Vlower part;y -f y 1 3." Afhog *Weiterenissetforth'inelaim .1, f the said ez'cibleipipesrbeing provided with Y. coils 1 between their ends Y le'nibility.-V 'f Y Y Y Y AfA hog Waterer as set,fortlrinelim 1;*

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ing'ad 'eonneotion'between an air .space4` in its .1

upper portionfand an tir ,space in theouteifVV Y end-portion ofthe-said inletehanrber. Y( I have vafrxed Y' .45

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